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Uniform Title Becket (Motion picture)
Title Becket [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures presents a Hal Wallis' production ; screenplay by Edward Anhalt ; directed by Peter Glenville.

Imprint [Orland Park, Ill.] : MPI Home Video, 2007.

Copies

Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe DVDs 1st Floor  791.4372 B388 2007    ---  Available
 FSCC DVD Collection  DVD 791.4372 BEC 2007    ---  Available
Description 1 videodisc (ca. 150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
Language English (Dolby 5.1, Dolby 2.0), French (Dolby 2.0) or Spanish (Dolby 2.0) dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Cast Peter O'Toole, Richard Burton, John Gielgud, Donald Wolfit, Martita Hunt, Pamela Brown.
Credits Director of photography, Geoffrey Unsworth ; editor, Anne V. Coates ; music, Laurence Rosenthal.
Note Based on the play by Jean Anouilh as translated by Lucienne Hill and produced on the New York stage by David Merrick.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1964.
"Restored by the Academy Film Archive Restoration Funding provided by The Film Foundation." -- Container.
Audience MPAA rating: PG-13; for some sexual content and violence.
Summary Henry II surprises England by naming his fellow rogue and trusted confidant Thomas Becket as Chancellor. But when Henry next appoints him Archbishop of Canterbury, Becket shocks the world by openly defying the King with his newfound faith and compassion. Will a desperate ruler now destroy a beloved friend to save his splintering kingdom?
Note Special features: Commentary with Peter O'Toole; interviews with editor Anne V. Coates and composer Laurence Rosenthal; archival interviews with Richard Burton; theatrical trailer; still gallery; TV spot.
Awards Academy Award for Best Writing, screenplay based on material from another medium, 1964
Note 12 Academy Award nominations including Best picture, Best actor(s), Best supporting actor, Best director and Best cinematography.
Subject Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189 -- Drama.
Thomas, a Becket, Saint, 1118?-1170 -- Drama.
Privy councils -- England -- Drama.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Drama.
England -- Social life and customs -- 1066-1485 -- Drama.
Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189 -- Drama.
Thomas, a Becket, Saint, 1118?-1170 -- Drama.
Privy councils -- England -- Drama.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Drama.
England -- Social life and customs -- 1066-1485 -- Drama.
Friendship -- England -- Drama.
England -- Drama.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Historical films.
Historical -- Feature.
Feature films.
Historical films.
Added Author Wallis, Hal B., 1899-1986.
Anhalt, Edward, 1914-2000.
Glenville, Peter, 1913-1996.
O'Toole, Peter, 1932-2013.
Burton, Richard, 1925-1984.
Gielgud, John, 1904-2000.
Wolfit, Donald, 1902-1968.
Hunt, Martita, 1900-1969.
Brown, Pamela, 1917-1975.
Anouilh, Jean, 1910-1987. Becket.
Merrick, David, 1911-2000.
MPI Home Video (Firm)
ISBN 0788604708
9780788604706
Standard No. 030306105390
Music No. DVD1053 MPI Home Video
Standard No. AU@ 000041953432
NZ1 11476166

 
    
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